Gaby and David's Story
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 Well here is the start of our story.

Dave and I met in O week at university in 1998. Dave was a First Year Engineering/IT student and I was a 2nd year Engineering/IT Student. We were introduced by a fellow Engineering Student Peter Blackert. However we figured out later that we had met before, but I don't remember it much so Dave will have to tell you about that.

Dave and I got to know each other by being in bible studies and meeting up socially. I also invited Dave to help boost the Staff numbers at the Easter Camps at Mountain Trails. Then in May we started going out, alot of our time early on was spent on the phone talking about different things and getting to know each other better.

We continued going out for ages getting to know each other better, spending time doing different things together, and spending time with each others friends. Over time our friends started to hassle us about getting married, however Dave didn't want to do it yet. When our dear friend Demelza got married in September 2000, people kept asking us if we were going to be next.

Dave eventually proposed at about 12:15am on the 1st of January 2001, at the end of the new years fireworks at Regatta Point(which I didn't really want to go to earlier in the evening) . Which I wasn't really expecting, as we had been discussing it for ages. My first thought was "is he serious", however when I saw the engagement ring, I realised he was serious. I said "yes" then asked if he had asked my father as I thought this was important, he said he had tried but wasn't able to get on to him. As Dad was in Adelaide, we tried to ring him however his mobile was turned off. We then started to walk back to the car and ran into some people Dave, knew from youth group, including Jason(the best man).

We then went back to Dave's house, as they were having a new years party and told them (Dave hadn't even told them that he was going to propose). We then went back to my house and woke up my mum and told her.

Last Updated: 1 April 2002